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In Stockholm, Sweden - May 31 - Juni 13, 2008
Press release in Swedish (.pdf), and in English (.pdf)

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NIGHT SHIFT:

The project NIGHT SHIFT is a cooperation between raketa and the Danish artist Frank Franzen. Night shift – a new platform in the public space, in the shape of a temporary alternative newspaper with thirteen editions at Nytorget in Stockholm during the period 31 May – 13 June 2008.

Every night a new work will be produced that comments the daily news – the work will be put up the following morning at 10.00 o´clock and will then bee shown for 24 hours. With Night Shift we want to involve art in the social debate, and make this visible and available for everyone moving in the city. Art works fastl produced and instantly exposed, and follows the constant and ongoing flow of news. At the same time as new art works is put on display on the billboard at Nytorget, there will be a digital material distributed daily – as a proposal starting-point for debate. It will also be possible to make comments at a blog put up especially for the project.

NIGHT SHIFT at NYTORGET, Stockholm, Sweden
May 31 - June 13, 2008 consists of:
Frank Franzen (DK)
Peter Lind (DK)
Sophie Hjerl (DK)
Nils Claesson (SV)
Anastasia Ax (SV)
Karin Lundgren Tallinger (SV)
Roger Connah (UK),
IC 98 - Visa Suonpaa / Patrik Söderlund (FI)
Åsa Ståhl / Erik Sandelin (SV)
Karin Hansson (SV)
r a k e t a (SV)

Frank Franzen introduced Emergency Room together with Thierry Geoffroy/Colonel in April 2006 in Nikolaj Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen Denmark. Emergency Art ever since been shown in Emergency Room Berlin/Olaf Stüber Gallery, Emergency Room New York/PS1 MoMA, and Emergency Room Athens/Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center. Emergency Art consists of three elements: daily episodes, critcal situations and reflections and opinions from the artists. The artists from Night Shifts will practice Emergency Art in the public space.

Night Shift team should consequently be very fast - in Stockholm,
Amsterdam, London, Beijing, New York, Islamabad...